Bishop Ford had its five-game winning streak snapped on Sunday when it lost 22-12 to Mount St. Michael at Aviator. However, that loss is but a blip for the Falcons, as they have clinched the CHSFL AA playoffs for the first time in the program’s 15-year history. … Full Article

Thanks to the fundraising efforts of a group of students at Brooklyn Heights’ Allen School for Health Sciences, Christmas will come early this year for a woman recently out of active treatment for breast cancer … Full Article

Groups and individuals working to save Long Island College Hospital (LICH) from closure by SUNY Downstate were presented with awards and heartfelt applause at the Cobble Hill Association’s (CHA) Fall General Meeting, held at … Full Article

Chief Judge Carol Bagley Amon of U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of New York announced recently that Judge Judith Sheindlin, best known to many the longtime host of TV’s “Judge Judy,” will be speaking at the Brooklyn Federal Courthouse Naturalization ceremony on Friday, Nov. 1. … Full Article

Words After War, a non-profit literary organization that provides high-quality literary programming for veterans, their families and civilian supporters, has partnered with Togather, a Brooklyn-based organization that links authors to their readers through a variety of digital … Full Article

Concerned by the number of vehicular accidents within its borders, some involving pedestrians and some even resulting in fatalities, the transportation committee of the Boerum Hill Association set about researching successful slow zone programs abroad about four years ago. … Full Article